| cyril | (n) Greek missionary; the invention of the Cyrillic alphabet is attributed to him (826-869), Syn. Saint Cyril, St. Cyril |
| cyrilla | (n) shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage, Syn. Cyrilla racemiflora, white titi, leatherwood |
| cyrilliaceae | (n) shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and small white flowers in racemes: genera Cyrilla and Cliftonia, Syn. titi family, family Cyrilliaceae, cyrilla family |
| cyrillic | (adj) relating to or written in the alphabet used for writing Slavic languages, Example: Cyrillic writing |
| cyrillic alphabet | (n) an alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and some other Slavic languages), Syn. Cyrillic |